[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Everyone is talking about privacy at the moment… but generally it’s in the form of digital privacy thanks to some clever (and necessary) new data laws pushed through by the EU. Digital privacy is one thing (we’re updating our policy here at LITP of course) but why are some people more private than others? Is it a...
May 24, 2018•30 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? It’s Mental Health Awareness Week as I type this but in reality our awareness for friends and family that are suffering should extend 24/7, 356. Let’s dive in and discuss the ins and outs… Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Links Here’s Sean’s blog post for the week All about...
May 16, 2018•30 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? A relationship comes with many things, one of them being… more people! Building a relationship with your partner is worthwhile and takes work, but often we can forget that working on the relationship with his or her family can be just as crucial… Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Note...
May 10, 2018•23 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Silence is a funny thing. For most people, it simply doesn’t exist. As soon as we’re awake the TV or radio is on and the phone is pinging away with notifications. So why have we arrived at this place where so many of us are desperate to fill every available slot in our diary with *something*? Pray silence please…...
May 03, 2018•29 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? It’s everywhere. In our fridges, our cars, our hedgerows and our oceans. Plastic. A wonderfully versatile material has outgrown itself. So what now? Well, take control! That’s what. Sean and Ed talk about plastic, anxiety and mental health. Is there no end to their talent? Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The S...
Apr 26, 2018•27 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Once it clicks, mediation is like riding a bike (Ed – stop talking about bikes, OK?!). Trouble is, that initial phase of learning to calm your mind is much harder than people realise. So how can we learn to overcome the early struggle and benefit from the amazing power of regular meditation? Over to Sean and Ed… ...
Apr 19, 2018•31 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? We thought we’d tackle an easy topic this week. The meaning of life. It’s easy to cruise through life without giving the question a second thought. Perhaps that’s a sign of a life well lived?! Not having to actually think about the question. Who knows? Well, Sean and Ed have some ideas so let’s have a chat… Enjoy...
Apr 12, 2018•26 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? A listener sent us a message as she had been experiencing feelings for another person. Sean and Ed discuss monogamy, relationships and a few other things in between. Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Links Here’s Sean’s blog post for the week The UK has a high divorce rate R...
Apr 05, 2018•28 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? The statistics on male suicide in the UK are NOT good (they’re even worse elsewhere). What are the underlying causes that lead to suicide? How can we spot the warning signs? All this and more in a super-serious episode this week… Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Links Here’...
Mar 29, 2018•33 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? This week saw International Day of Happiness come and go. Don’t feel down through, it is possible to be happt for more than one day of the year. First up though, we need to talk about what happiness actually is… Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Links Here’s Sean’s blog post...
Mar 22, 2018•35 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? We learn the art of manipulation at an early age but for some the odd little white lie can become compulsive lying. What can lead us to the stage? Can it be stopped? And how do we deal with it…? Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Links Here’s Sean’s blog post for the week A d...
Mar 15, 2018•26 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Distractions are everywhere but can we always blame them? A listener emailed us to say she had been struggling to focus on meditation, television, perhaps a few other things. Can a lack of concentration be put down to daydreaming? Or can it be a symptom of something more serious? Enjoy the show and take care, it’...
Mar 08, 2018•33 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Are certain situations ever completely out of your control? Can feelings of powerlessness be won over? Sean was desperate to talk about Brexit this week but Ed reined him in to a wider chat about powerlessness in relationships and life… Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Link...
Mar 01, 2018•30 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Did you know that hospital admissions for eating disorders have doubled in the past six years here in the UK? Yep. Not good. Sean and Ed take a look at what can lead to an eating disorder and how men and women can overcome their disorder… Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Li...
Feb 22, 2018•33 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Opinions are like [insert rude body part here] – everyone has one. The tricky part can often be convincing other folks to come round to our way of thinking. So how do we learn the dark art of persuasion? Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Links Here’s Sean’s blog post for the...
Feb 15, 2018•35 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Losing a loved one is about the toughest thing a person can go through. Death can come as a shock. Sometimes we have years of warning. When it comes though, grief will often take over. So how long should we set aside to grieve? Weeks? Months? Sean and Ed discuss this very topic this week… Enjoy the show and take ...
Feb 08, 2018•32 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? We’ve spoken about how much power we do (or do not) have in recent episodes but what happens if we feel paralysed to use it? Worse still, what if we simply choose not to due to habit? With great power comes great responsibility, so the saying goes… Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show No...
Feb 01, 2018•36 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Power is something we all have at all stages of our lives. We exercise it in various ways. Some use it physically. Some put their minds to work. Some hide it away and keep it to themselves. How about you? Why do some folks seem to crave power over others whilst others are happy to be controlled? Let’s dive in… En...
Jan 25, 2018•32 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Humans tend to go around in groups. We live and spend our lives with other people. But what about the times when we feel alone or left out? What about the teenager that’s struggling to fit in or the traveller that is the only white face in a crowd? This week Sean and Ed discuss being an outsider – inspired by the...
Jan 18, 2018•27 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? This week we had our good friend Jodie B popped into the studio to talk about her year long experience as a vegan. Jodie has been a vegetarian for many years but took the leap to a plant based diet after realising that no level of animal cruelty was acceptable to her. Sean, Ed and Jodie discuss the ins and outs o...
Jan 11, 2018•49 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Another new year episode to get your mind in gear for 2018 and beyond this time. Sean and Ed offer a few tips on how you can organise your life – your surroundings and your state of mind – so you’re in a better place to push on and create the life of your dreams. Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help P...
Jan 04, 2018•35 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? It’s time to look forward folks! A new year is almost with us which can mean only one thing – new year’s resolutions! Right? Well, maybe not. Perhaps resolutions aren’t the best way to approach. What if there was another way? Have a great 2018 everyone! Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Sh...
Dec 29, 2017•21 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? It’s the time of year when we can look back and see what we’ve achieved and where we’ve struggled. Live can be tough at times but there are lessons in everything and in everyone. Merry Christmas to all of our listeners 🙂 Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Links Here’s Sean’s...
Dec 21, 2017•27 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Human-driven climate change has been proved beyond all reasonable doubt. Many folks, whilst aware of this, are able to continue their lives without the weight of the world on their shoulders. For those of us that spend out days worrying about what we should do, anxiety can creep up on us. So how do we deal with t...
Dec 13, 2017•39 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Confidence is a tough one to pin down. Where does it come from? Are we born ready or do we learn it as we grow older? Can it be taught later in life? Let’s hope so… Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Links 25 killer actions to boost your confidence Small man syndrome is real!...
Dec 07, 2017•30 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? We can spend a huge chunk of our lives as parents. So what happens when our daily attention isn’t needed anymore? When the fly the nest, to work or university? Attachment theory, grief and finding a new purpose covered in this one… Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Links Her...
Nov 30, 2017•30 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? Politics can be divisive. The last 18 months or so, in the UK and US in particular, has highlighted this quite starkly. Sean reckons Brexit can be overturned. Ed is hopeful that it can but worries about whether that would lead to even more division. What do we do? Who’s in charge??! Apologies in advance if we off...
Nov 23, 2017•32 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? A listener sent us an email recently which described a beautiful process he and his wife had gone through to properly see off two older family members. It was a wonderful tribute and it got us to thinking about how we remember our loved ones once they pass on and the deeper issue of our relationship with death in...
Nov 16, 2017•37 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? A listener of ours emailed in asking for a bit of help. He is wanting to make the step from his day job to his dream job. Don’t we all? But should we take the leap? Sean and Ed take this one on from all angles… Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Links Here’s a link to Sean’s ...
Nov 09, 2017•31 min
[button link=”https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-self-help-podcast/id663490789″ bg_color=”#2d7ec4″]Subscribe to The Self Help Podcast in iTunes[/button] What’s Coming This Episode? How confident are you? Careful, there’s a danger if you think you’re really confident that you’re really not. Sean and Ed spent 30 minutes or so discussing where it comes from and how we can strike the right balance… Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast! Show Notes and Links Here’s a link to S...
Nov 02, 2017•31 min
